166 Quotes by Graeme Simsion

It is generally less time-consuming to do work myself than to get involved in the paperwork required to get help.

To the world’s most perfect woman. It was lucky my father was not present. Perfect is an absolute that cannot be modified, like unique or pregnant. My love for Rosie was so powerful that it had caused my brain to make a grammatical error.

I took her in the standard jive hold that I had practised on the skeleton, and immediately felt the awkwardness, approaching revulsion, that I feel when forced into intimate contact with another human.

The bar was noisy and there was more baseball playing on a large television screen. Some other men, who did not appear to have previously met Fat Baseball Fan, joined our discussion. We drank a lot of beer, and talked about baseball statistics. Rosie sat on a stool with her drink and observed. It was late when Fat Baseball Fan, whose actual name was Dave, said he had to go home. We exchanged email addresses and I considered that I had made a new friend.

I have heard the word ‘stunning’ used to describe women, but this was the first time I had actually been stunned by one.

Do you find me attractive?”... “I haven’t really noticed,” I told the most beautiful woman in the world.

Academics always think they can do any job better, until they try it.

Lack of coolness can be pretty cool.

Habitual earliness is cumulatively a major waste of time.